/**
* Encodes this sector into a {@link ByteBuffer}.
*
* @return The encoded buffer.
*/
public ByteBuffer encode() {
ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(SIZE);
if (id > 65535) {
buf.putInt(id);
} else {
buf.putShort((short) id);
}
buf.putShort((short) chunk);
ByteBufferUtils.putMedium(buf, nextSector);
buf.put((byte) type);
buf.put(data);
return (ByteBuffer) buf.flip();
}
